[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911) › c13.12 # A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.12 A History of Fine Art in India and Ceylon, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day c13.12 - **Language:** English ### [c13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c13.12) While resisting the extravagant claims put forward by some recent writers on behalf of Indian mediaeval art, I gladly recognize the fact that the authors alluded to have constrained everybody interested in the subject to reconsider current opinions and have proved that form of art to deserve on its merits a place higher than European critics had been wont to allow it. - [Previous: c13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c13.11) - [Next: c13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c13.13) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.smith-1911.c13.12) · Pramāṇa